Picophagus
| Picophagus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Clade: | Chrysista |
| Clade: | SII |
| Class: | Picophagea Cavalier-Smith 2006 emend. T.Pánek & M.Eliáš in Terpis et al. 2024 |
| Order: | Picophagales Cavalier-Smith 2006 |
| Family: | Picophagaceae Cavalier-Smith 2006 |
| Genus: | Picophagus Guillou & Chrétiennot-Dinet, 1999 |
| Species: | P. flagellatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Picophagus flagellatus Guillou & Chrétiennot-Dinet, 1999
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Picophagus is a genus of marine heterotrophic flagellates described in 1999.[1] It evolved from photosynthetic algae that lost their chloroplasts. It is classified in the monotypic family Picophagaceae, order Picophagales and class Picophagea.[2]
References
- ^ Guillou, Laure; Chrétiennot-Dinet, Marie-Josèphe; Boulben, Sandrine; Moon-van der Staay, Seung Yeo; Vaulot, Daniel (1999). "Symbiomonas scintillans gen. et sp. nov. and Picophagus flagellatus gen. et sp. nov. (Heterokonta): Two New Heterotrophic Flagellates of Picoplanktonic Size". Protist. 150 (4): 383–398. doi:10.1016/S1434-4610(99)70040-4.
- ^ Terpis, Kristina X.; Salomaki, Eric D.; Barcytė, Dovilė; Pánek, Tomáš; Verbruggen, Heroen; et al. (2025). "Multiple plastid losses within photosynthetic stramenopiles revealed by comprehensive phylogenomics". Current Biology. 35 (3): 483–499.e8. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.11.065.